Cape Town geodata
Cape Town (Western Cape) is a seat of a first-order administrative division; located in South Africa in Africa/Johannesburg (GMT+2) time zone. With population of 3,433,441 people, there are 0 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in South Africa, 92.9% of cities are located further ↑North; 98.2% of cities are located further →East and 96.2% of cities have higher elevation than Cape Town. Note1
Administrative division(s):
- Level 1: Western Cape
- Level 2: City of Cape Town
- Level 3: City of Cape Town
Cape Town GPS coordinates[2]
33° 55' 33.024" South, 18° 25' 23.592" East
| Map corner | latitude | longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Upper-left | -33.34042°, | 17.7201° |
| Center: | -33.92584°, | 18.42322° |
| Lower-right: | -34.50726°, | 19.12635° |
| Map W x H: | 129.7×129.7 km | = 80.6×80.6mi |
| max Lat: | -22.34881° ⇑92.9% North |
| Cape Town: | -33.92584° |
| min Lat: | ⇓7.1% South -34.66739° |
| min Long | Cape Town | max Long |
| 16.8697° | 18.42322° | 32.26762° |
| W 1.8%⇐ | ⇒98.2% E |
Elevation
Elevation of Cape Town is 25 m = 82 ft, and this is 944.6 m = 3099 ft below average elevation for this country.
| Max E: |
1873 m = 6145 ft | 96.2% |
| Avg. | 969.6 m = 3181 ft | |
| Cape Town | 25 m = 82 ft | |
Min E: |
7 m = 23 ft | 3.8% |
See also: Cape Town elevation on elevation.city.
Geographical zone
Cape Town is located in South temperate zone (between Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle). Distance of this Southern Tropic circle is 1166.3 km =724.7 mi to North.| Distance of | km | miles | from Cape Town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equator | 3772.2 | 2343.9 | to North |
| Tropic Capricorn | 1166.3 | 724.7 | to North |
| Antarctic Circle | 3629 | 2255 | to South |
| South Pole | 6234.9 | 3874.2 | to South |
Nearby cities:
15 places around Cape Town: (largest is in red/bold)
• Atlantis
40.3 km =25 mi, 
7°
• Bergvliet
13.8 km =8.6 mi, 
168°
• Claremont
7.2 km =4.5 mi, 
147°
• Constantia
11.7 km =7.3 mi, 
182°
• Grabouw
60 km =37.3 mi, 
114°
• Kraaifontein
28.5 km =17.7 mi, 
72°
• Lansdowne
9.7 km =6 mi, 
134°
• Malmesbury
58.9 km =36.6 mi, 
28°
• Newlands
6.3 km =3.9 mi, 
158°
• Paarl
55.3 km =34.4 mi, 67°
• Retreat
15.2 km =9.4 mi, 161°
• Rondebosch
6.4 km =4 mi, 130°
• Rosebank
5.7 km =3.5 mi, 125°
• Stellenbosch
40.9 km =25.4 mi, 
91°
• Sunset Beach
10.2 km =6.3 mi, 
38°
In other languages:
- In Spanish: Ciudad del Cabo, El Cabo
- In France: Le Cap
- In German: Kapstadt
- In Italian: Città del Capo
- In Russian: Кейптаун
- In Chinese: 開普敦
Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in South Africa existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia
